Paint roller and handle therefor

ABSTRACT

A paint roller of an elongated cylindrical configuration having a closed hemi-spherical shaped end and an open end adapted to receive along the axis thereof an axle member of a handle which is detachably attached to the roller to permit rotation of the roller about its axis, the axle being slidingly engaged through a bushing inwardly of the roller with the end of the axle projecting from the roller being detachably engaged in a rotative manner by a collar member such that the roller is readily attached to and detached from the axle, the roller intended for use in providing paint to siding and the like of a home wherein the siding overlaps so as to have underside edges and face surfaces to be painted, the roller intended to apply paint with horizontal strokes to the face surface and with the curved closed end in engagement with the underside of the siding lap above the face surface being painted such that both the face surface and overlapping bottom edge of the siding member on top thereof is simultaneously painted.

United States Patent [19] Welsh 1 Jnne3,1975

[ PAINT ROLLER AND HANDLE THEREFOR [76] Inventor: Homer Ernest Welsh,Rt. 1, Box

186, Talbott, Tenn. 37877 [22] Filed: Jan. 22, 1974 1 Appl. No.: 435,444

[52] US. Cl l5/230.11; 15/230.18; 29/116 R [51] Int. Cl. B44d 3/28 [58]Field of Search 15/27, 230.11, 230.18;

Primary ExaminerDaniel Blum [57] ABSTRACT A paint roller of an elongatedcylindrical configuration having a closed hemi-spherical shaped end andan open end adapted to receive along the axis thereof an axle member ofa handle which is detachably attached to the roller to permit rotationof the roller about its axis, the axle being slidingly engaged through abushing inwardly of the roller with the end of the axle projecting fromthe roller being detachably engaged in a rotative manner by a collarmember such that the roller is readily attached to and detached from theaxle, the roller intended for use in providing paint to siding and thelike of a home wherein the siding overlaps so as to have underside edgesand face surfaces to be painted, the roller intended to apply paint withhorizontal strokes to the face surface and with the curved closed end inengagement with the underside of the siding lap above the face surfacebeing painted such that both the face surface and overlapping bottomedge of the siding member on top thereof is simultaneously painted.

1 Claim, 7 Drawing Figures PAINT ROLLER AND HANDLE THEREFOR BACKGROUNDOF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relatesgenerally to painting devices and more particularly to a novel andimproved paint roller and handle therefor intended for applying paint tosiding in a manner to paint simultaneously both the face surface of alength of siding and the overlapping bottom edge of a length of sidingdisposed immediately above the face surface being painted. The handle isspecifically adapted for detachable attachment to the special roller ofthe present invention.

2. Description of the Prior Art Although paint rollers have beenutilized for many years in the prior art for applying paint and the liketo flat surfaces and to corners, there has long existed a need for anapplicator of paint which is capable of painting siding of overlappingsiding boards in a rapid and expedient manner with both the facesurfaces and overlapping bottom edges of the siding members beingsimultaneously painted in a uniform and even manner. At present this isonly obtainable by use of a paint brush, this being a slow procedure andproviding brush marks and the like such that the finish adjacent theface surface or the bottom edge of the siding is not uniform with thefinish of the other adjacent areas which were painted with paintrollers. Thus, while it has been a common practice to paint suchadjacent surfaces with brushes, this has proved quite unsatisfactorybecause of the different surface finishes produced by brushes and paintroller applicators, and the slow and tedious process of painting suchlarge surfaces with a brush.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention recognizes thedifficulties in painting overlapping siding members of which the bottomedges must presently be painted with the time consuming and aggravatingprocess of using a hand brush with the face surfaces of the siding thenlater being covered through use of a paint roller, the inventionproviding a novel solution thereto in the form of a cylindrical rollerhaving a closed curved end with the circumference of the roller intendedto engage the face surface of the siding to apply paint thereto and withthe curved closed end of the roller intended to simultaneously engagethe overlapping bottom edge of an adjacent siding member tosimultaneously paint the same while painting the face surface of thelower siding member.

It is a feature of the present invention to provide a novel paint rollerand holder therefor intended for the rapid and expedient painting ofsiding by simultaneously painting adjacent face surfaces and overhangingbottom edge surfaces of adjacent siding members.

A further feature of the present invention provides a novel paint rollerand holder therefor adapted toapply a uniform paint finish to siding.

vStill a further feature of the present invention provides a paintroller and holder therefor which is relatively simple in itsconstruction and which therefore may be readily manufactured at arelatively low cost and by simple manufacturing methods.

Yet still a further feature of the present invention provides a paintroller and holder therefor which is possessed of few parts and whichtherefore is unlikely to get out of order.

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yet still a further feature of the present invention provides a paintroller and holder therefor which is easy to use and reliable andefficient in operation, and one which is rugged and durable and whichtherefore may be guaranteed by the manufacturer to withstand many yearsof intended usage.

Other features and advantages of this invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following descriptron.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, and in which like reference characters areemployed to designate like parts through the same:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a paint roller and holder thereforconstructed in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of the paint rollerpartially broken away to illustrate interior details thereof and theassembly of the axle portion of the handle thereto;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the axle insertedthrough the collar member;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view taken along Line 44 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along Line 5-5 of FIG. 4',

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the annular groove inthe axle adapted to cooperate with the collar member for temporarilyretaining the axle in the roller; and

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the intended use of thepaint roller in the painting of the face surface of a lower sidingmember while simultaneously painting the overhanging bottom edge of thetop siding member.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now the drawings indetail there is illustrated a preferred form of a paint roller andholder therefor constructed in accordance with the principles of thepresent invention and designated generally in its entirety by thereference numeral 10 and which is comprised of a'paint roller 11 and ahandle member 12.

The paint roller 11 is of an elongated cylindrical configuration havingcylindrical side walls 21, a closed curved outer end 22, and a closedinner end 23' provided with an opening centrally thereof and extendingaxially therethrough and having disposed concentrically thereabout andextending axially outwardly therefrom a collar member 25. Disposedinwardly of side walls 21 and ends 22 and 23 is an elongated bore 26having disposed therein adjacent curved end 22 and extending betweenside walls 21 interiorly thereof a support member 27 having an openended bushing 28 mounted centrally thereof and extending therethroughwith an axial bore 29 disposed in the bushing. The axis of bore 29 isaxially aligned with the opening in end 23. The side walls and endsurfaces of the roller may be made from any suitable satisfactorymaterial such as metal, hard rubber, plastic, or the like with the outercircumference thereof covered with any suitable paint holding materialto provide a desired nap completely about the circumference of sidewalls 21 and the exteri or surface of curved end 22 for the holding ofpaint thereon in the application of the paint to the surface to bepainted as will be later described. The preferred embodiment provides anap manufactured of synthetic material and having fibers affixed theretomeasuring approximately one-half inch in length.

The collar member is of an elongated cylindrical shape having side walls31, a back end 32 affixed to roller inner end 23, a front end 33, and abore 34 extending axially through the collar member in alignment withthe opening in end 23. The side walls 31 are provided with a pluralityof circumferally spaced apart longitudinally extending slots 35 openingout of the front end 33 and extending longitudinally through the sidewalls to terminate short of back end 32. The slots 35 divide side walls31 into a plurality of resilient sections adapted for radial outwarddeflection with each section provided on the interior surface thereofwith a radially inwardly directed projection 36 having an apex 37, theprojection being of a triangular cross-section, wedge-like in shape,conical in shape, or the like with the apex portions 37 defining acircle of a diameter less than the diameter of bore 34.

The handle 12 includes an axle 41 formed of an elongated cylindrical rodmember having a terminal end 42 with the opposite end thereof beingformed into a general offset configuration 43 as seen in FIG. 1 andterminating in a free end 44 spaced outwardly from the roller inner end23 and projecting outwardly to terminate in a gripping portion 45adapted for an individual to grip the same in their hand when using theroller device. The diameter of axle 41 is slightly greater than thediameter of the circular opening defined between apex portions 37 ofcollar 25 with the axle provided adjacent section 43 with an annulargroove 46 disposed thereabout and having an inner diameter substantiallyequal to the diameter of the circle defined by apex portions 37. Theaxle 41 is adapted to be aligned with bore 34 and 29 and then be axiallyinserted through bore 34 and through the opening in end 23 until theterminal end 42 passes through bore 29 of bushing 28, this being theposition at which the groove 46 is engaged by apexes 37 to detachablyretain the axle to the roller in a manner permitting rotation of theroller about the axis of the axle. It is to be understood that thesections of side walls 31 of collar member 25 are deflected radiallyoutwardly a slight distance and the axle 41 passes between apexes 37,the collar member being formed of resilient material such that as soonas annular groove 46 is aligned with apexes 37 the same is engagedthereby for supporting the inner end 23 of the roller thereon.

In operation the roller 11 is dipped into paint, such as through the useof a conventional type paint can or the like. after which the roller isdisposed adjacent the siding to be painted, generally designated byreference numeral 50, the axis of the roller being disposed normal tothe longitudinal axis of the siding members 51 and 52 with the rollernap along the cylindrical side surfaces 21 engaging the face surfaceoflower siding member 52 and with the nap of the roller along curvedouter end 22 engaging the overhanging bottom edge 53 of top sidingmember 51 such that as the roller is moved horizontally along the sidingmember 52 it will simultaneously apply paint to both the face surface ofsiding member 52 and the overhanging bottom edge 53 of top siding member51.

It is to be understood that the form of this invention herewith shownand described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, andthat this invention is not to be limited to the exact arrangement ofparts shown in the accompanying drawings or described in thisspecification as various changes in the details of construction as toshape. size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, the scope of the novelconcepts thereof, or the scope of the sub-joined claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed 1. A deviceintended for the applying of paint simultaneously to a face surface ofone siding member and an adjacent bottom overlapping edge of an adjacenttop siding member, said device comprising:

a roller of an elongated cylindrical shape having cylindrical side wallsurfaces, a curved closed outer end, and a closed inner end, said sidewall surfaces and end surfaces defining a bore interiorly thereof, saidcylindrical side wall surfaces and said curved end surface provided witha nap of material adapted to hold paint for applying the same to asurface to be painted; handle member including an elongatedcylindrically shaped rod like axle adapted to be received axially insaid bore of said roller for said roller to rotate thereabout;

a support member disposed in said roller bore intermediate the interiorsurfaces of said cylindrical wall surfaces and adjacent said curved end,said support member provided with a bushing centrally thereof;

said bushing having an axial bore extending therethrough and disposedconcentric with the axis of said roller;

said closed end of said roller having an opening disposed centrallythereof and extending axially therethrough in alignment with saidbushing bore;

a collar member disposed concentric with said closed end opening andprojecting axially outwardly from said closed end, said collar memberhaving a bore extending therethrough disposed in substantial alignmentwith said closed end opening such that said axle is adapted to berotatably supported in said aligned closed end opening and said bushingbore with said collar member detachably retaining said axle to saidroller to permit rotation of said roller about said axle in oppositedirections; and

said collar member comprises an elongated cylindrical open ended bodymember having cylindrical side walls, a back end affixed to said rollerclosed end, and a front end projecting outwardly therefrom, a pluralityof circumferally spaced slots disposed in said side walls opening out ofsaid front end and extending longitudinally through said side walls to aposition short of said back end thereof, said collar member beingmanufactured of a resilient material, said slots dividing said collarmember side wall surfaces into a plurality of sections, each of saidsections provided on the interior surface thereof with a radiallyinwardly directed projection, each projection terminating in an apexportion spaced apart from the other apex portions of the otherprojections. the apex portions defining a circle having a diameter lessthan the diameter of said collar member bore and also less than thediameter of said axle, and said axle provided with an annular groovetherein adapted to be engaged by said apex portions when said axle is insupported position in said roller bore with said axle terminal endrotatably supported in said bushing bore whereby the roller isdetachably attached to the axle in a rotatable manner relative thereto.

1. A device intended for the applying of paint simultaneously to a facesurface of one siding member and an adjacent bottom overlapping edge ofan adjacent top siding member, said device comprising: a roller of anelongated cylindrical shape having cylindrical side wall surfaces, acurved closed outer end, and a closed inner end, said side wall surfacesand end surfaces defining a bore interiorly thereof, said cylindricalside wall surfaces and said curved end surface provided with a nap ofmaterial adapted to hold paint for applying the same to a surface to bepainted; a handle member including an elongated cylindrically shaped rodlike axle adapted to be received axially in said bore of said roller forsaid roller to rotate thereabout; a support member disposed in saidroller bore intermediate the interior surfaces of said cylindrical wallsurfaces and adjacent said curved end, said support member provided witha bushing centrally thereof; said bushing having an axial bore extendingtherethrough and disposed concentric with the axis of said roller; saidclosed end of said roller having an opening disposed centrally thereofand extending axially therethrough in alignment with said bushing bore;a collar member disposed concentric with said closed end opening andprojecting axially outwardly from said closed end, said collar memberhaving a bore extending therethrough disposed in substantial alignmentwith said closed end opening such that said axle is adapted to berotatably supported in said aligned closed end opening and said bushingbore with said collar member detachably retaining said axle to saidroller to permit rotation of said roller about said axle in oppositedirections; and said collar member comprises an elongated cylindricalopen ended body member having cylindrical side walls, a back end affixedto said roller closed end, and a front end projecting outwardlytherefrom, a plurality of circumferally spaced slots disposed in saidside walls opening out of said front end and extending longitudinallythrough said side walls to a position short of said back end thereof,said collar member being manufactured of a resilient material, saidslots dividing said collar member side wall surfaces into a plurality ofsections, each of said sections provided on the interior surface thereofwith a radially inwardly directed projection, each projectionterminating in an apex portion spaced apart from the other apex portionsof the other projections, the apex portions defining a circle having adiameter less than the diameter of said collar member bore and also lessthan the diameter of said axle, and said axle provided with an annulargroove therein adapted to be engaged by said apex portions when saidaxle is in supported position in said roller bore with said axleterminal end rotatably supported in said bushing bore whereby the rolleris detachably attached to the axle in a rotatable manner relativethereto.